-haft

See also: haft and Haft

Alemannic German

Etymology

Compare German -haft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑft/

Suffix

-haft

1. Used to form adjectives from nouns.

   ‎Masse (“mass”) + ‎-haft → ‎massehaft (“en masse”)

   ‎Ärnscht (“earnestness”) + ‎-haft → ‎ärnschthaft (“serious”)

Derived terms

Alemannic German terms suffixed with -haft

German

Etymology

From Middle High German -haft, from Old High German haft, from Proto-West Germanic *haft, from Proto-Germanic *haftaz (“captured, afflicted”), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ptós, from the root *keh₂p- (“to seize”).

Cognates include Old English hæft (“captive”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐍆𐍄𐍃 (hafts), Latin captus (“captured”), Old Irish cacht (“captive, chain”), Welsh caeth (“slave, captivity, chain”), Latin captīvus (“captive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-haft/, [haft]
• The suffix has secondary stress when it follows an unstressed syllable and often also when it precedes one. When it is entirely unstressed, the /h/ may be unpronounced in common speech.

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Suffix

-haft

1. Used to form adjectives from nouns.

   ‎Masse (“mass”) + ‎-haft → ‎massenhaft (“en masse”)

   ‎Ernst (“earnestness”) + ‎-haft → ‎ernsthaft (“serious”)

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -haft